A form-and-seal unit for producing aseptic sealed packages from a tube of
packaging material filled with a pourable food product. The unit
comprises a fixed structure and two forming assemblies which interact
alternately and cyclically with the tube of packaging material, and have
respective pairs of jaws movable between an open position and a closed
position in which they grip the packaging material tube between
respective sealing means, and respective forming flaps selectable from
different types of forming flaps for producing different types of
packages, and having respective half shell forming portions which
surround the tube of packaging material to determine the volume and shape
of the packages. The approach movement of the forming flaps towards the
packaging material tube is controlled by a fixed cam mechanism having
different work profiles selectively engaged by cam-follower rollers of
the forming flaps depending on the type of forming flaps used.